Beverly Glen residents ask Visalia officials for help fighting crime

6:56 PM,
Oct. 23, 2013

Steve Hensley stands in front of his home on Beverly Drive.

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Diane Farley looked forward to moving into Visalia's Beverly Glen neighborhood when she bought her Laurel Avenue home two months ago.

The blocks of well-kept, stylish houses, some dating back to the late 1920s, along with lush trees and well-maintained gardens and lawns seemed an ideal place to live.

What she didn't know was this seemingly idyllic swath of Visalia has been plagued with burglaries and thefts over the past two years. Resident say items ranging from lawnmowers and lawn furniture have been stolen from yards and, a year-and-a-half ago, a house was ransacked and vandalized while ...